Event 32 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

06-17-2008 13:33 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal!

[user40108]

All players are now registered and the cards are back in the air.

06-17-2008 13:01 UTC-7

Players Are On an Extended Break

[user40108]

Due to the registration issues we mentioned earlier, the players are on an extended 30 minute break.

06-17-2008 12:52 UTC-7

Pffft! Who Needs a Showdown?

[user25067]

Alex Jacob raised to 150 from late position and the small blind called. The flop was {J-Clubs}

. The small blind checked, Jacob bet 275 and the small blind called. The turn was the {7-Hearts}

and both players checked. The river was the {A-Diamonds}

. The small blind check-folded to a 1,000 bet from Jacob and he dragged the pot without a showdown.

Tags: Alex Jacob

06-17-2008 12:52 UTC-7

I Thought the Field Was Supposed to Shrink?

[user40108]

With registration still open, the total number of entrants is now at 2,148....and still rising.

06-17-2008 12:49 UTC-7

"Good Catch"

[user25067]

On a flop of {9-Spades}

, the blinds checked, Scott Clements bet 175, the button called and both blinds called. The turn was the {A-Spades}

. The blinds checked again, Clements bet 300, the button called and the blinds folded. The river was the {7-Hearts}

. Clements bet 900 and the button called.

Clements showed {J-Spades}

for the straight.

"Good catch" said the button as Clements raked in the pot.

Tags: Scott Clements

06-17-2008 12:46 UTC-7

Vanessa Rousso, Sarah Bilney, Nicolas Levi, Scott Clements, Danny "THE__D__RY" Ryan, Sorel Mizzi, Tom McEvoy, Matt Graham, Jason Potter, Kenna James, Tim Vance, Toto Leonidas, Jean-Robert Bellande, Men "The Master" Nguyen, Alex Jacob, Anna Wroblewski, Joe Sebok, Nancy Todd Tyner and newly minted WSOP bracelet winner Scott Seiver are all playing today.

06-17-2008 12:37 UTC-7

More Familiar Faces

[user22113]

Notables over here in the Brasilia Room

Allen Cunningham, Erica Scoenberg, Jim Pechac, Eric Lynch, Josh Arieh, Allen Engel, Jimmy Fricke, Rolf Slotboom, Pascal Perrault, Beth Shak

06-17-2008 12:32 UTC-7

Let the Bad Beat Stories Begin

[user40108]

Not even 30 minutes into level one and the bad beat stories are already surfacing. A clearly disappointed player just wandered over to talk to his friend in the blue section. "What happened?" said the curious friend.

"I ran my full house into quads," replied the wanderer.

"You're kidding!" yelled the surprised friend.

"Nope...he flopped quads...what can you do?"

With no further dialogue between the two, the eliminated player stumbled off, presumably to a cash game to recover his tournament buy-in.

06-17-2008 12:21 UTC-7

The Notables

[user40108]

Mark Seif, Juha Helppi, Paul Spitzberg, Bill Spadea, Young Phan, Shawn Buchanan, Chris "The Armenian Express" Gregorian, Jared Hamby, Theo Tran and Joe Pelton have all been spotted so far. With the registration issues we've already mentioned, we may see many more late arrivals.